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Meet the Nigerian Businessman Appointed by Donald Trump as a Member of His Economic Advisory Team (Photo)

President-Elect, Donald Trump has appointed some of the best and brightest brains in the world to be on his Economic Advisory team to "Make America Great again". He appointed multi-billionaires and the CEO's of fortune 500 companies such as Boeing, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase amongst others.

Of the over dozen Presidential appointments, Ondo state born Nigerian businessman, Bayo Ogunlesi an Oxford and Harvard graduate who is the CEO and Founder of multibillion dollar company Global Infrastructure Partners made the list.

He is also the only black man in the Advisory Committee whose father was the first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria. According to Bloomberg he is worth an estimated $900 million dollars.

According to Business Insider, the group will advise Trump on how to institute policies to encourage job growth and improve productivity, according to the release.

"This forum brings together CEOs and business leaders who know what it takes to create jobs and drive economic growth," Trump said in the release.

"My administration is committed to drawing on private sector expertise and cutting the government red tape that is holding back our businesses from hiring, innovating, and expanding right here in America."

The group's first meeting will be in the first week of February.

Here are the the list of President-elect Donald Trump's economic advisory team: